The Department of Life and Consumer Sciences identified Diepsloot Combined Full Service School as a suitable school for their community engagement project in 2010 and the project officially began in January 2011.
The main purpose of the project is to assist educators with their teaching skills, and empower them, especially in the fields of science.
In addition, the Department advises the educators on how to set up short experiments in practical learning areas. The main learning areas identified were Mathematics, Mathematics Literacy, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, English and Tourism. Each Unisa staff member is assigned an educator to assist throughout the academic year.
On 4 May 2012, the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, together with other higher learning institutions, participated at an open day at Diepsloot Combined Full Service School.
The information sessions were organised to encourage matric learners to register for programmes in Life and Consumer Sciences, Agriculture and Animal Health, Geography, and Hospitality Management.
